2 Samuel 12 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)

“The rich man had a very large number of flocks and herds,

But the poor man had nothing but one little ewe lamb

Which he had purchased and nourished;

And it grew up together with him and his children.

It ate his food, drank from his cup, it lay in his arms,

And was like a daughter to him.

“Now a traveler (visitor) came to the rich man,

And to avoid taking one from his own flock or herd

To prepare [a meal] for the traveler who had come to him,

He took the poor man’s ewe lamb and prepared it for [fn]his guest.”

Then David’s anger burned intensely against the man, and he said to Nathan, “As the LORD lives, the man who has done this deserves to die.

Then Nathan said to David, “You are the man! Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, ‘I anointed you as king over Israel, and I spared you from the hand of Saul.

And the LORD struck the child that Uriah’s widow bore to David, and he was very sick.

Then his servants said to him, “What is this thing that you have done? While the child was alive you fasted and wept, but when the child died, you got up and ate food.”

David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and went to her and lay with her; and she gave birth to a son, and David named him Solomon. And the LORD loved the child;

Now Joab fought against [fn]Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal city.